King Felipe VI has pointed out that seeing the “dimension of the tragedy” of the fires in the landscape burned in the Las Médulas place, in the province of León, has been “really bleak” and has warned that “there is much to do” by institutions and people to “carry out the economy of the area.”
Within the framework of his visit to the Las Médulas Park, the monarch, accompanied by Queen Letizia after visiting together areas also affected by the fire in the Zamorana region of Sanabria, has made these statements before the media after checking the ravages in the landscape from the Mirador de Orelán.
King Felipe VI has affirmed that during his visit The dimension of the tragedy has been “clearly” of the fires, as in the case of the medulla, ancient Roman gold mining exploitation, a World Heritage, the fire originated in the Leonese town of Yeres.
The same has transferred the technicians and the affected people with whom he has been able to talk within the framework of his visit to the province of Zamora and that of León, where, despite the effects of fire, they have also transferred him “Hope in the future.”
In these conversations, the kings have been able to know “how those affected the fire and” understand how they see the future “, as well as” what needs “have after this” shocking “experience, as explained by Felipe VI himself. “There is a lot to do, a lot of effort, Many people and institutions that have to row in a common purpose To carry out the economy from the area, “said the king about it.
During their visit to Las Médulas, the monarchs have also been able to know the tasks developed by the extinction of fire and, after their stop by the Mirador de Orelán, They have met with the mayors of the affected towns In the surroundings of Las Médulas, who have detailed the impact of fires on the region of El Bierzo.
The residents of the area have also attended the place to see the kings. Among them, a group has behaved a poster that prayed ‘Las Médulas await youthe caves and many chestnuts have been saved … local trade needs you ‘.
Together with Felipe VI and Letizia, the president of the Board, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco; the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo; The Government delegate in Castilla y León, Nicanor Sen, and the vice president of the Board and Family Counselor, Isabel Blanco.
